Chester (surname)

Last updated December 03, 2023

Chester is a surname of English origin. Its Romance (Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Galician) equivalent is Castro.

Notable people with the surname include:

Albert Chester (1886–1943), English footballer
Art Chester (1899–1949), American air racer
Beverly Chester-Burton (born 1963), American politician
Bob Chester (1908–1977), American jazz and pop music bandleader and tenor saxophonist.
Charlie Chester (1914–1997), British stand-up comedian
Craig Chester (born 1965), American actor and screenwriter
Darren Chester (born 1967), Australian politician
Elroy Chester (1969–2013), American murderer
Frank Chester (politician) (1901–1966), Canadian politician
Frank Chester (umpire) (1895–1957), English first-class cricketer and notable international cricket umpire
Gary Chester (1924–1987), American session drummer and drum teacher
George Randolph Chester (1869–1924), American writer and screenwriter
Major F. G. L. Chester (1899–1946), also known as Gort Chester, British soldier and member of Z Special Unit in Borneo
Harry Chester (1806–1868), British civil servant
Ilan Chester (born 1952), Venezuelan singer, keyboardist, arranger and composer; he was born in Israel as Ilan Czenstochowski
James Chester (born 1989), Welsh footballer who plays for Hull City
John Chester (disambiguation), several people
Joseph Lemuel Chester, American genealogist
Norman Chester (1907–86), British political economist associated with Nuffield College, Oxford
Peter Chester, English convicted murderer and paedophile
Peter Chester (governor), Governor of West Florida between August 10, 1770 and May 9, 1781
Raymond Chester (born 1948), retired American football tight end
Robert Chester (disambiguation), multiple people
William Chester (disambiguation), multiple people

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